Well, hear we go again, it would seem that the car has got it into it's head to break down at every opportunity going this your!!!!!!!!!!
Having only just put the gearbox back in the car, due to massive oil leak,
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it now decides to blow a con rod and spit the contents of the sump out on to the M25

Having got it home and had a quick look under the bonnet I found a little end
resting on top of the starter motor, not quite where ford intended it to be.

Thanks to Dave, Zoe and the others who stopped to help me


His a couple of picks, more to follow

Annoyed

Steve

 

oh shit, that aint good, how much were u going?

 

shit luck mate.

i know how you feel at the mo

 

Steve. Feel for you mate. how fast were u goin?

 

shit news dude

 

bad news mate

 

doesn't look good

 

soz to hear mate

 

Similar happened to me

 

got to be gutted
My old cab did a similar thing but luckily i wasnt giving it any! the big end cap 'fell off' and the crank came round and smacked the conrod

 

Thanks for all your replies the annoying part is that I was only cursing along at about 75-80 under light throttle when without warning the engine just let go much smoke, water, oil and bits of engine left the car
Should have the head off this evening, hoping the it has left the head intact
Will post more picks later.

Cheers

Steve

 

 

Sorry to hear that

Kinda cool when they go though and you cover up 6 lanes of motorway

 

Sorry to hear about it, hate that to happen to me. Where is the Kent meet??

 

bad news man, sorry to hear about the engine.

Dont suppose it has had an engine re-build in the last couple of months?

 

I wish I knew I haven't been to Kent group meet sins they have moved from Bran’s Hatch "I was following Zoe and Dave at the time"

Cheers


Steve

 

Steve Steve Steve.

you dont seem to be having much luck at the moment mate

hope you get it sorted nice and quick, black one for the meets again then

 

I think my luck has rock "bottom end"

Cheers

Steve

 

Now have the head off, the damage is not as bad as it could of been, the head has survived and only has one bent inlet valve, the gear box has survived the block being smashed by the con rod found some of the piston still in the bore but it does a bit the worse for wear
The sump has a large hole in as well, bat as yet a don’t have a photo

to my surprise the big end is still on the crankshaft.

More picks when I get the engine out tomorrow.

Cheers

Steve

 

feel for u bud

 

Thats a pretty monumental rod failure!!

Sorry to see it pal

 

Ouch, seen too many rods going through blocks lately!!! Hope u get it sorted soon matey

 

Jesus Steve!

That doesnt look good! Mind you hasnt that engine lasted pretty well? Perhaps all the fatigue finally caught up with the old girl!

Hope that you manage to get her fixed soon, im dure you have plenty of spares laying round your garage!

 

Hi mate, yes I hope to have it up and running by Sunday the most annoying part is hat this engine has only done 6k
The engine I built was made form all new parts, piston, crank, and rods.
Still puzzled to quite why if failed the only thing I can think of is I may of bent a rod at some stage??? , As about a month ago I had a problem with the Amal valve which blow apart coming back from a show, driving down the 4M. The first I knew about it was when over taking, foot hard down, the boost went off the boost gauge 30+ psi the engine wasn't keen on the idea, it faltered and held back.
Limped the home as it would not idle, fixed the valve and all has been fine until now
Strange though I thought it would of let go sooner as I have done"hard" 1200 miles since the Amal valve problem

cheers

Steve

 

who built the engine? wasnt vulcan was it?

 

No mate, I built it
Steve

 

Good to see you yesterday Steve, and view the results of your misfortune with my own eyes.

Hope you get it sorted soon!

steve

 

That was my 1st thought, as thats there speciality rod and block

 

Hi Dave , yes mate it will be going to holland

Cheers

Steve

 

unlucky mate

you know the saying though


get back on the horse and all that

 

Friday night, and the engine is out and striped, have found most of the piston in the sump but can't find the gugen pin I guess it's on the M25 between clackett lane services and the M20 junction

His a few more picks of the evening events, at least some pars are salvageable 3 pistons and rods, but as for the crank I guess that it is probably bent

Cheers

Steve

 

I definalty saw something or should i some things fly out the rear of your car then next came the smoke...jesus...i thought you had blown a tyre because it looked like tyre tread that flew out. I think the lady in the fiesta behind probebly has any bts you lost inbedded in her bonnet????

 

Is it me or is the rod on the right in this picture bent?

 

Does look a little `curved` in that picture..

 

I must admit it does not look that straight in the pick, but have looked at them this morning and they look ok

I will post another pick later on

Cheers

Steve.